Disclaimer: The characters of the BSSM universe aren't mine, so don't sue. Umeko Tsukishiro, however, is. Why you'd want to use her is beyond me, but you can't.
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"She's very pretty," Mizuno Ami was saying as Minako and Usagi approached for lunch.
"I know..." Kino Makoto gushed, starry-eyed. "Such pretty hair...ara, I'm jealous..."
"Mako-chan, you're so pretty!" Usagi squealed, sitting down and giving Makoto's ponytail an affectionate pull.
"Arigatou. But the real issue here is the new girl. You know what new students often turn out to be."
"What do new students often turn out to be?" a melodic voice inquired above them. The four senshi tilted their faces skywards, and found themselves focusing on the new girl herself.
"Ara...konnichiwa..." Usagi stammered nervously, "Nothing. Nothing at all. Tsukishiro-san, ne?"
"Hai."
"Tsukishiro-san, sit down," Minako said pleasantly.
"Arigatou!" Tsukishiro enthused, and sat in the circle the schoolgirls had created. "Please, call me Umeko."
"Hai, Umeko-san!" Ami, Makoto, and Minako chorused with smiles, but Usagi couldn't erase the nervousness bubbling in her stomach and no doubt evident on her face.
The girl with the dark eyes looked to Usagi then. "Our last names both feature the moon," she commented, and while Usagi struggled to come up with a reply, Tsukishiro winked and fed some noodles into her mouth.
"Hai, hai!" Makoto said cheerfully. "Usagi-chan's our own little moon rabbit."
"*Tsuki*shiro *U*meko, *Tsuki*no *U*sagi," Tsukishiro stressed, almost as if she hadn't heard the brunette. "Odd, isn't it?"
"Um...hai..." Usagi said with a shaky laugh. The new student was definitely creepy, and it was scaring the Moon Princess. How was she supposed to react to this? Just who was Tsukishiro Umeko?
"Do you have a boyfriend, Tsukino-san?"
"Ara...watashi..."
"Hai, she does, but he's in the United States," Minako broke in quickly. "We never introduced ourselves, did we? I'm Aino Minako, that's Kino Makoto, and that's Mizuno Ami."
"Hai," Tsukishiro said in an odd, detached voice. "Aino-san, star of the volleyball team. Kino-san, famous for both her tomboyish nature and her incredible culinary skill. Mizuno-san, top student in Minato-ku and most likely all of Japan, not to mention the nation's top chess player."
The senshis of wood, water, and love blinked in surprise.
"Ara...I do my studying," Tsukishiro said, reverting again to her normal voice and waving her hand about. "So tell me, Tsukino-san, what do you do in your free time?"
"Well, I like to go to the arcade..."
*****
"She's very pretty," Mizuno Ami was saying as Minako and Usagi approached for lunch.
"I know..." Kino Makoto gushed, starry-eyed. "Such pretty hair...ara, I'm jealous..."
"Mako-chan, you're so pretty!" Usagi squealed, sitting down and giving Makoto's ponytail an affectionate pull.
"Arigatou. But the real issue here is the new girl. You know what new students often turn out to be."
"What do new students often turn out to be?" a melodic voice inquired above them. The four senshi tilted their faces skywards, and found themselves focusing on the new girl herself.
"Ara...konnichiwa..." Usagi stammered nervously, "Nothing. Nothing at all. Tsukishiro-san, ne?"
"Hai."
"Tsukishiro-san, sit down," Minako said pleasantly.
"Arigatou!" Tsukishiro enthused, and sat in the circle the schoolgirls had created. "Please, call me Umeko."
"Hai, Umeko-san!" Ami, Makoto, and Minako chorused with smiles, but Usagi couldn't erase the nervousness bubbling in her stomach and no doubt evident on her face.
The girl with the dark eyes looked to Usagi then. "Our last names both feature the moon," she commented, and while Usagi struggled to come up with a reply, Tsukishiro winked and fed some noodles into her mouth.
"Hai, hai!" Makoto said cheerfully. "Usagi-chan's our own little moon rabbit."
"*Tsuki*shiro *U*meko, *Tsuki*no *U*sagi," Tsukishiro stressed, almost as if she hadn't heard the brunette. "Odd, isn't it?"
"Um...hai..." Usagi said with a shaky laugh. The new student was definitely creepy, and it was scaring the Moon Princess. How was she supposed to react to this? Just who was Tsukishiro Umeko?
"Do you have a boyfriend, Tsukino-san?"
"Ara...watashi..."
"Hai, she does, but he's in the United States," Minako broke in quickly. "We never introduced ourselves, did we? I'm Aino Minako, that's Kino Makoto, and that's Mizuno Ami."
"Hai," Tsukishiro said in an odd, detached voice. "Aino-san, star of the volleyball team. Kino-san, famous for both her tomboyish nature and her incredible culinary skill. Mizuno-san, top student in Minato-ku and most likely all of Japan, not to mention the nation's top chess player."
The senshis of wood, water, and love blinked in surprise.
"Ara...I do my studying," Tsukishiro said, reverting again to her normal voice and waving her hand about. "So tell me, Tsukino-san, what do you do in your free time?"
"Well, I like to go to the arcade..."